Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19

sion. But when my people went out 70
tattle | went forward 700, TO do Or 20 die
for Southern rights. Looking upward
where q torn add dirty Confederate tsg
hurg the orator addressed il in tear
ful tones and eloquent sen
fences. Continuing he said
Thsnk God Mason and D,xoa's line is
wiped out forever, Now i l. alI yours
AID my country. AMI what e C0untrgi
II is the grardest the world ever saw.
TIE glory CT Lee and Grant and Jackson
snd Hancock are our
COMMON HERITAGE
In little while you sud | VIII have 10
cross ever tie river. The lights VIII 20
out. But when we rest in the silent
tomb our children will hsye the reC0lleC-
ton that We did our duty. our loved
Southland will wrap our names to her
bosom in sweet remembrance. And now
la5ie5-GCd bless yoE-teach your
children patriotism end love of cOUn-
try. Nowhere can these lessons
De so well learned IS from womGn's lips.
\ preacher ct camp meeting once threw
his arms around lie and ssid
Goa, Colonel Bob, don't you want to
20 10 heaven snd sleep in A5rah3m's
bOsom?"
said, "No, thank you, the old wo-
man is good enough for me" And now
soldiers of Texas, we thank you for the
hOspitabIe treatment OF Arkansas soldiers
odd Tlge" said yesterday that he YVES
here TO brag on
ARKANSAS SOLDIERS.
But am here 10 say that if "O!d Tige"
had led the hosts, that flag o. stars and
bars would have Il lated for thousand
years. Colonel Crockett related touching
incident OF having attended Federal re
union in Illinois End made 6 speech about
the GesO!atiOn OF the south and its re-
newed loyalty. When he mad finished
the speech, he said q oue-armed soldier
OF the U0IOn srmy came up and said
Colonel Crockett, l lost this arm in
Dixie, but III hug you with the other"
And" continued the Colonel, 81 Rugged
nim and maybe
sSBD HIM"
l know l was as happy as ever | was al
any Of the thousand times l h2ve pro-
/ iessed religion.
The speaker sat down amid a storm
Of applause. and the band PLAYED
| Dixie, General Cabe!l then introduced
Maj Or General d. D. Stanley Of the De
! psrEment of United States Army fol-
Texas, who responded ss fellows:
merely want 10 say inst | am glad to
meet you here. | am glad to see these
reunions CT CID soldiers on both sides
They result ia great good 10 the country
The General paid his respects 10 General
! Tuttle, saying: 81 do not want to say
anything Of his career as cotton thief
but when he came to St Louis ne ard
his regiment rsided McDoweu's Medical
college and robbed the dissecting room q
| lights. livers, hearts and skeletons, sDd
/ had grand feast Ct bsrbecued meats ~
General SANKEY'S remarks were ap-
plauded to tie eCho, after which adjourn
ment was had for diuuer.
! c.. H. Dayiss, DIR. Hugh Smith and Ben
Nelson OF the Second Kentucky are in
| possession Of the remains of the f,g
| originally presented to the regiment by
| the ladies Of Georgetown. After the wal
these three divided the remnant smopg
them, and each retains his little rag, the
s;ze of mans hand, with almost re-
! ligiOus yeperatiol because it represents a
cause that they loved and in defense OF
which so m8ny Of their comrades fell. Ii
| % lL4C OOSAOt VI WI = OcAN lSS LudL lis II AZ
was never touched by The
ENEMY's HAND.
At the resssemoliGg after dinner the
handsome blue flag spoken Of in THE GA
zETTE of the 18th, from the
ladies Of Kentucky, was for
mslly presented to the ex-Confederste
Kentuckians. The flag bears the motto
LIMITED we stand; divided we fall
/ 10, 90
Colonel Saunders OF Bolton.
Tom Hays of Embree, Tex, who with
Tim Hurley OF Fort Worth constitutes
the last Of the famous New Orleans "Ti
Among the most observed personages
! IS Colonel Thompson Mckinney, q full
blood Indian and present principal CHIEF
Of the Choctaw nation, who Wss captain
in General Maxey's brigade
The first spes ker in the afternoon was
Colonel J. c. Bigger, exFederal, of Dal-
las, who spoke as follows; l favor these
reunions. We meet not to raise
strife and tear open wounds, bu
to display and assist in building up Amer
lcar manhood. have 70 patience with
the msn who would attempt TO raise Lee
above Grant, OF Jackson above Sherman
| But no man can make me Jealous By
prsising the chivalry of the south. As 81
American citizen it is my heritage. Who
Saved the day ct Beuns visits?
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
have seen Confederates lying on the
battle field with their faces upturned tc
the sun, and nothing in their hayersacks
but parched corn. Who couId
doubt the sincerity Of such men:
l doubt whether the Unior
soldiers would have held their ground
under such circumstances. Whenever
you hear man doubling the patriotism
OF such men as Lee and Grant you VII!
tind him to be part OF that army VINO
axe 'fnvincible in peace and invisible in
war" The words of Ben Hill OF Georgi:
should be ever remembered: "The mer
who would attempt to array the people
| of one section auaiUst another a-e mo-